Matthew 12: 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew 12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
In another instance, Jesus was again speaking to the people the words of life, when out of the blue satan moves upon someone to bring up a personal family feud about some real estate. This decoy occurred in the middle of Christ’s sermon, and again, Jesus does not fall for it, as we too often do. Instead, He turns the distraction on its head and He pivots to addressing covetousness as the root of all sin, a reaction which caught satan off guard and one that that he would have much preferred to have left uncovered.
Luke 12: 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divides the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?… Again, the devil goes to work in what we refer to as apparently good distractions, meaning, that in and of themselves there may be nothing wrong with the decoys perse. But if it distracts from something that is of much more importance, he would accomplish his diabolical objective.
Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!